A right lipstick is a simple cosmetic product, with the power to set a bad mood right, boost the confidence of the person, and improve their appearance no matter how bad they are feeling inside.
For most of us, lipstick was the first cosmetic product we were introduced to and instantly fell in love with, starting from playing with our mother’s traditional bullet lipstick and destroying them by smashing to using our sister’s new liquid lipsticks and making a joke out of ourself. In this article, we will discuss how to apply liquid lipstick.
Over the years, this simple cosmetic product have seen multiple variations, be it the daring colours used or the formula of lipsticks, brands are always innovating and promoting lipstick as a power weapon for women out there. Traditional lipsticks are easy to apply but applying a liquid lipstick needs a bit of practice and steady hand.
Here we are going to suggest simple ways about how to apply liquid lipstick and get that pout perfect lips.
How to Apply Lipstick for Beginners?
Makeup is an art that anyone can master with a little practice. Clean and precise lip stick application is important to ace any makeup look.
To learn how to apply lipstick being a beginner, here are few simple steps to
- Prep your lips: Prepping your lips is the first and foremost important step to be kept in mind when applying lip stick. Lip care is as essential as skincare. If your lips aren’t properly prepped and exfoliated properly lip stick cling to the dead cells and peel off like patches.
Exfoliate your lips lightly with a wet towel or soft brush to make them plump and remove dead cells. Then apply a chap stick or Vaseline.
Make sure to apply lip balm generously after exfoliation.
- Prep your base: Use a light weight concealer, matching your skintone or using a lip primer will help to prime your lips and give a strong base specially if you are planning to apply lipstick in bold colour.
- Line your lips: Use lip liner in nude colour or colour similar to the lipstick you are planning to wear and line your lips along natural lip line, this will help to accentuate the shape of lips. Draw an ‘X’ to make a prominent cupid brow. If you have thin lips you can slightly overline your lips just along the natural lip line.
- Apply your lip stick: Apply an even coat of lip stick and make sure to cover the inner corners too. If you find it difficult to use a lipstick you can use a brush.
- Blot your lipstick: This is an optional step. This step will prevent transfer of lipstick. To blot your lips, fold a tissue paper and hold it between your lips and press down. This takes out any excess product and pigment from lips.
And voila! You are ready to rock pout perfect lip and with a little practice, you can ace the game.
Also Read: Top 18 DIY Homemade Lip Scrub Recipes
How to Apply Lipstick Like a Pro!
To attain those professionals like lipstick finish is no hard game, it’s actually pretty simple and even you can apply lipstick like a pro in no time. The application is pretty and simple just a few tips and tricks to keep in mind and you are all set to apply lipstick like a pro.
First and most crucial step before giving yourself a professionallike lipstick look is to exfoliate your lips. Dry and flaky lips are the obstacles in the way of our perfect smooth finish pout. Hence always use a lipscrub before applying lipstick specially when you are applying a liquid lipstick as they dry out quicker than the bullet ones.
Use a lip balm to moisturize your base. Use a light lipbalm with hydrating formula which easily settles in and give you smooth, soft base.
Choose your lipstick shade properly, start by finding a lipstick that suits undertone (warm, cool or neutral). You can know your undertones by looking at colour of veins near wrist under natural, if they are green in colour that means you have a warm undertone and so you can opt in for lipshades suiting the undertone (something with mix of red, peach, coral and orange).
If your veins are blue in colour it means you have cool undertone and you can opt for shades like plum, mauve, cherry, and crimson. If your veins appear to be in a shades of blue and green both that means you have a neutral undertone, which is a mixture of both warm and cool tones. This also means you are blessed soul and there is literally no shade that doesn’t suit you.
To apply lipstick like a pro and get perfect look use a lip liner to accentuate your lip shape. This step doesn’t seem that important but it actually is a very crucial step. It help to define your lip shape and help to make them appear fuller. Start at your cupid’s bow and line them towards the center working your way slowly towards the edges. If you want a full plump lip look you can draw an outline just near the natural lip line this create a faux lip line look.
Always start to apply liquid lipstickfrom the center of your bottom lip towards the edges 2-3 times back and forth and then gently press your lips together to distribute the product on to your upper lip. You can use a doe foot applicator or a lipstick brush to have a steady hand when applying lipstick.
In the end you can use your fingers to blend in any excess product or use a folded tissue paper to blot it and apply concealer around edges to conceal any mistakes.
How to Apply Liquid Lipstick Perfectly?
The key steps to apply liquid lipstick perfectlyare:
- Exfoliate & hydrate: lip scrub and lip balm are your bestfriends to attain perfection in this steps. This step helps you get a perfect smooth base for perfect lipstick application.
- Colourcorrect the necessary areas: Use a light shade powdered foundation to conceal the dark shade of your lips.
- Trace and line your lips: trace your natural lipline using a matching lip liner as that of the lipstick you are planning to wear. This will help you to apply lipstick perfectly and accentuate your look.
- Work based on shape of your lip: if you are some one with thinner lips you can over draw your lip line just the cupids bow and the center of bottom lip using a lip liner matching the shade of your lipstick. Avoid overlining the corners you’ll end up looking funny.
- Use a doe foot applicator: if you are using a liquid lipstick formula use a doe foot shape applicator. This helps you get a crisp lining in the shape of your lips.
- Blot the excess product: Use a folded tissue keep it between your lips to blot the excess product off.
- Set your lips: Use a similar coloured eye shadow or dust light powder on your lips, this gives you a matte finish lip look.
How to Apply Liquid Matte Lipstick?
Liquid lipsticks have been ruling the trend chart for a while now. They last longer than the traditional lipsticks and are transfer-proof and matte which means no more straining your coffee mugs and cutlery with your lipstick.
Flawless application of a liquid matte lipstick needs precision, patience and a steady hand with proper tools to erase any slip ups.
Keeping that in mind, we are now mentioning a few tips and tricks which will tell you how to apply yourliquid matte lipstick .
- Use a lip scrub: A good lip scrub helps you to exfoliate your lips efficiently and leave you with smooth, ultra soft lips which will be a good base to apply your liquid matte lipstick
you can use a basic sugar and honey lip scrub with a few drops of coconut oil to help you moisturize lips.
If you don’t have a lip scrub, you can also use a soft toothbrush. All you need to do is wet the brush under water and gently in circular motion brush your lips, this will help in eliminating any dried and peeling dead cells on your lips.
- Apply a hydrating lip balm: using a hydrating and nourishing lip balm help you to keep your lips moisturized and also creates a slippery, smooth base for your matte lipstick.It prevents the chances of your lipstick get flaked due to lack of moisture content.
Incase you don’t have a lipbalm you can also you handy petroleum jelly aka Vaseline or your regular chap stick and Labello will also do.
- Use a smooth liner: Hardest part when applying a matte liquid lipstick is to stay in line. Instead of erasing any possible slip up it is better to avoid it. This is why lip liner is an MVP in this process. Lining your lips following your natural lip line using a nude coloured lip liner or a clear lip liner helps you to not only create a boundary for lip stick application but also help to accentuate the shape of your lips. It gives a contoured effect to your lips and a lusher pout.
- Using a lipstick brush: lipstick brush gives you an easy hand to apply a matte lipstick with precision and without any mistakes as thing tend to go a little messy when you are using matte liquid lipstick.
Small tapered tip help you attain even coverage of lipstick. It also helps you to blend out any excess lipstick product.
- Highlight your cupid’s bow: Highlighting your cupid brow help you to accentuate its shape and give your lips a fuller and plump look.
- Conceal any flaws:Any slip up or mistakes in application can be corrected using a concealer. Using a thick coverage concealer ensures the formula stays in place and hides any smudges or stains from lipstick.
- A hint of highlighter in center: Dabbing a little highlighter in the center gives your lips a shiny matte finish and increases their wow factor.
Using these tips and tricks you are set to apply your liquid lipstick to perfection and give yourself a flawless look.
